A komatiite analog to potential ultramafic materials on Io

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E1, 2000, Pages 1671-1684

  Williams, David A ^a   Wilson, Allan H ^b   Greeley, Ronald ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IO; KOMATIITE; PETROLOGY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 0033768775     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001157     Document Type: Article

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